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Year 5 Language, Literacy &
Communication Home Learning
Captain Tom Moore is the veteran who made headlines around the world in April 2020, when he set out to raise money for the National Health Service, by walking 100 laps around his garden. Not only did he raise an incredible amount of money, but he also broke several world records at the same time.
Who is Captain Tom Moore?
Captain Tom was born in Yorkshire on 30th April 1920. He was a soldier in the British Army and served in the Second World War. He currently lives in Bedfordshire with one of his two daughters and her family.
Captain Tom saw the hard work the hospital staff were doing, when he watched the news during the COVID-19 crisis. He had been well looked after in hospital himself, after a hip operation several years ago and he decided that he wanted to do something to raise money for the National Health Service (NHS).
Why 100?
Captain Tom began his challenge as a 99 year old. He decided to walk 100 laps of his garden (10 each day), leading up to his 100th birthday,
which was on 30th April 2020. He set himself a target of £1000, which he reached in a day.
Captain Tom completed his laps with the aid of a walking frame. By the time he finished, he had raised over 27 million pounds!
Breaking Records
With his story being shared around the world, more and more people donated money and Captain Tom broke several records during his fundraising efforts.
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Captain Tom Moore
He has raised more money from a charity walk than any other single person. He released a charity song, with singer Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of
Care Choir, which became the highest selling single of 2020 in the UK. He is the oldest person ever to have a song at number one in the charts.
• Captain Tom completed his 100 laps two weeks before his birthday, so decided to increase the number of laps he walked to 200.
• The Royal Mail stamped every item posted during the week of his 100th birthday, with a special postmark with a message for Captain Tom.
• People have been inspired by his story and have sent him birthday cards. He had so many cards, they had to be stored in the local school hall.
• Captain Tom completed his laps, while wearing his three army medals.
• A television documentary is being made about his life as a soldier.
Did You Know...?
veteran An ex-member of the armed forces. toiletries Items for personal care, e.g. soap, shampoo and toothpaste.documentary A factual television programme.
Glossary
The money raised will go towards helping care for people who have been
discharged from hospital as well as toiletries and food for NHS staf .
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Captain Tom Moore Questions1. What does NHS stand for? Tick one.
New Hospital Staff
National Health Service
National Hospital Staff
Nurses & Health Staff
2. Number the events to show the order in which they happened. Captain Tom began his challenge.
Captain Tom released a single.
Captain Tom finished his 100 laps.
Captain Tom celebrated his 100th birthday.
3. Find and copy the phrase that tells us Captain Tom set a new record.
4. Who did Captain Tom release a charity song with?
5. Fill in the missing words.
The money will go towards helping care for people who have been from hospital.
6. Give two examples of how Captain Tom has raised money.
7. Describe Captain Tom in two words and explain your choices.
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Captain Tom Moore Questions
8. Why do you think so many people donated money to Captain Tom?
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Tim PeakeEarly LifeTimothy Nigel ‘Tim’ Peake was born in Chichester, West Sussex, on 7th April 1972, and grew up in a nearby village. Tim and his older sister, Fiona, enjoyed a stable upbringing and ordinary family life. Their mother, Angela, worked as a midwife and their father, Nigel, who was a journalist, had always been interested in aircraft. He took Tim to air shows from an early age. This is where Tim’s fascination with flying began.
He started at the Chichester High School for Boys in 1983, leaving in 1990 to attend the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Military CareerDespite having been interested in stars and the universe as a child, as a career choice Tim followed his passion for flying and trained to be a pilot resulting in an eighteen-year military career flying all types of helicopters and aircraft.
Tim later trained to be an instructor, before flying Apache helicopters in Texas with the US Army. On his return to the UK, the Apache was being introduced into the British Army so Tim helped develop the training programme.
Tim left the army in 2009 after completing over 3000 flying hours to become a test pilot.
Training SuccessIn 2008, when the European Space Agency (ESA) announced it was accepting applications for new astronauts, Tim saw the advert online and decided it was too good an opportunity to miss. His application joined 8000 others!
In 2009, following various exams, Tim received a phone call from the ESA offering him a place to train to be an astronaut with the European Astronaut Corps.
Basic training involved learning all of the knowledge needed to become an astronaut including: space law, rocket propulsion and space flight engineering. Tim also had to learn to speak Russian (the language used by the ESA training programme). As training progressed, Tim learnt survival skills and how to move in zero gravity.
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Glossarytest pilot – A pilot who flies an aircraft to test its performance.
astronaut – A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
zero gravity – The state or condition in which there is no apparent force of gravity acting on a body.
dock manually – Land by hand (rather than using computers).
spacewalk – A period of physical activity engaged in by an astronaut in space outside a spacecraft.
Soyuz capsule – A spacecraft designed by the Soviet space programme.
Blast Off!On 15th December 2015, as Tim Peake launched alongside Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra at 11:03 a.m., the nation held their breath. Tim reached his destination on the same day but the docking procedure did not go to plan, meaning the team had to dock manually. More than two hours later, the hatch opened and Tim was welcomed onboard, becoming the first British ESA astronaut to live on the International Space Station (ISS).
Tim spent six months living in space, during which time he completed the first spacewalk by a British astronaut. With his crewmate, Tim Kopra, Tim travelled 50 metres to reach their maintenance work. The mission was cut short when Tim Kopra reported water in his helmet but the main task had been completed successfully.
Coming HomeTim returned to Earth on 18th June 2016. He landed in Kazakhstan, travelling in the Soyuz capsule at 25 times the speed of sound. During his mission, Tim had taken 3000 orbits of Earth, covering about 125m km. It took around two months for Tim’s body to recover from the effects of zero gravity.
While in space and since returning home, Tim has worked a lot with children on various science projects to spread the excitement of being an astronaut.
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Questions1. As training progressed, Tim learnt survival skills and how to move in zero gravity.’
What does progressed mean? Tick one.
moved backward moved forward stopped started
2. Match the educational establishment to the year that Tim started attending it.
Chichester High School for Boys
2009
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
1983
European Astronaut Corps 1990
3. Which job and training did Tim do in 2009?
4. Why did Tim have to learn to speak Russian?
5. Find and copy a word from the first paragraph which shows that Tim had a great interest
in flying.
6. Has Tim Peake had a satisfying career to date? Explain your answer.
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Questions7. Why do you think that Tim has spent time working with children since his space mission?
8. What do you think that Tim will do next in his career? Explain your answer.
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Punctuating SentencesAll of the punctuation has been removed from the extract below.
chapter oneof crowns and caverns
guster the dragon lay in the mouth of his cave he itched his back itched and his belly itched his fingers and his toes itched even his eyes and ears and nose itched it was unbearable guster felt like this every autumn while the leaves on the trees flushed into their autumn finery guster’s green summer scales slowly changed to copper this was a mountain dragon trick which kept them safe from human eyes humans couldn’t spot green scales against the grass red scales against autumn leaves or white scales against snow guster thought that humans must be very stupid guster rolled on the rocky ground he scratched his back and scraped his shoulders his head wriggled and his legs flailed it did no good if only there were some way to soothe his scaly skin guster twisted to his feet ma he yelled into the darkness i’m going swimming
Extract from Twinkl Original story ‘The Wyrmstooth Crown’
Read the rest of the story at www.twinkl.com/originals
Rewrite the extract with the full stops and capital letters where they should be. Don’t forget to add paragraph breaks, too!
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Using Different Types of ConjunctionL.O: To recognise and use different types of conjunctions.
Choose a coordinating conjunction from the box to complete these sentences.
and but or so
1. I went to bed very late ___________________ I am tired today.
2. I listened to the weather forecast ___________________ put an umbrella in my bag.
3. I enjoy playing hockey ___________________ it’s not my favourite sport.
4.We could go to the park ___________________ to the cinema.
Choose a subordinating conjunction from the box to complete these sentences.
although because so that even if whenever
1.My dad has fixed my bike ___________________ I can take it to the park.
2.My brother is grumpy ___________________ he has got to do his homework.
3. I will always support my local team, ___________________ they always lose!
4.He goes abroad on holiday, ___________________ he doesn’t like flying.
Choose a pair of correlative conjunctions from the box to complete these sentences.
whether/or either/or both/and not only/but
1. I’m not sure ___________________ I’m going to the match ___________________ not.
2.My mum is ___________________ a brilliant doctor, _______________ she is a great runner too.
3.The weather is forecast to be ___________________ hot ___________________ humid.
4.We are having ___________________ pasta ___________________ curry for dinner.
